Editing Beehive (section)

====Animal destruction====
[[American black bear|Black bears]] destroy hives in their quest for honey and protein-rich larvae.<ref>{{cite web|work=Bear Facts for Homeowners|title=Beehives/Crops/Livestock|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/bear/bearfacts_bee_crop_livestock.pdf|publisher=[[New Jersey]] Department of Environmental Protection|access-date=2009-07-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018074956/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/bear/bearfacts_bee_crop_livestock.pdf|archive-date=2012-10-18}}</ref> [[Grizzly bear]]s will also eat beehives and are harder to dissuade from taking several beehives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=371|title=ASK A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, Alaska Department of Fish and Game|last=|website=www.adfg.alaska.gov|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501052521/http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=371|archive-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> Hives can be protected with an electrified enclosure and livestock fence "shocker" base. Systems available are grid plugged(120v) or solar (dc) for remote spots ([https://www.reddit.com/r/Beekeeping/comments/11cjim1/electric_fence_options more info]).

Hives erected as a crop shield against elephants are sometimes destroyed {{em|by}} elephants. These hives are hung on a single metal wire that encircles the crop field of some farms in African elephant territory. The installation is called a [[beehive fence]] and was conceived by Lucy King.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elephantsandbees.com/publications/|title=Elephants & Bees › Publications|work=Elephants & Bees|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808172516/http://elephantsandbees.com/publications/|archive-date=2014-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/10/09/africanized-bee-defense-agains/|title=Africanized Bee DeFense Against Hungry Elephants|work=Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002155904/http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/10/09/africanized-bee-defense-agains/|archive-date=2015-10-02}}</ref>